Construction Bond Fund:
List of Public Libraries for Suggested Site Visits
The following libraries were awarded funds under the
New Jersey Public Library Construction Bond Fund Program in 2002.
Atlantic County
Pleasantville
Contact: William Paullin, Atlantic County Library.
609-625-2776
Pamela Saunders, Branch Librarian. 609-641-1778
A new library building of 13,000 square feet located in a municipal
complex. Plans include a nice children's area and community room.
Ventnor Public Library
Contact: William Paullin, Director, Atlantic County
Library. 609-625-2776
Ellen Eisen, Branch Manager. 609-823-4614
A renovation (3,100 square feet) and addition project (10,342 square
feet) of 13,442 square feet. A functional and attractive small library
facility.
Bergen County
Bergenfield
Contact: Mary Riskind, Director. 201-387-4040
A renovation (10,868 square feet) and addition project (13,665 square
feet). Nicely developed children's and young adult area.
Closter
Contact: Ruth Rando, Director. 201-768-4197
An addition (9,950 square feet) and renovation (5,842 square feet)
project totaling 15,792 square feet. Added several service areas including,
expanded children's and reference space, nice community room, attractive
art gallery and display areas.
Franklin Lakes
Contact: Gerry McMahon, Director. 201-891-2224
A renovation (12,228 square feet) and addition (10,511 square feet)
project. An attractive and functional building with many interesting
features.
Glen Rock
Contact: Roz Pelcyger, Director. 201-670-3970
Renovated 9,132 square feet and added 4,200 square feet. Doubled the
seating and computer capacity. Nice improvements include a young adult
area, story hour room, children's services office, more shelving space
and quiet study.
Hasbrouck Heights
Contact: Mimi Hui, Director. 201-288-0488
A new 19,536 square foot library within a municipal building. This
attractive facility replaces an 85-year-old building. Nice service
areas that customers will welcome.
Hillsdale
Contact: David Franz, Director. 201-358-5072
An addition (5,500 square feet) and 12,775 square feet renovation
project totaling 18,275 square feet. Added new spaces for young adults
and children, collections, expanded meeting facilities and staff work
areas. ADA compliant.
Leonia
Contact: Deborah Bigelow, Director. 201-592-5776
Renovated 12,636 square feet. Created more space for children's services.
Efficient layout. Nicely used previous storage space and quiet study
areas.
Little Ferry
Contact: Marge Nicolich, Interim Director. 201-641-3722
Purchasing additional property for a 5,167 square feet addition and
will renovate 3,082 square feet. Added meeting space and nicely enlarged
the children's area.
Maywood
Contact: Diane Rhodes, Director. 201-845-2915
A renovation (12,046 square feet) and addition (2,326 square feet)
project. Added meeting rooms, created a computer lab, quiet study,
and a local history room. Addition is nicely developed children's
wing.
Montvale
Contact: Susan Ruttenber, Director. 201-391-5090
The library (15,341 square feet) will be on the first floor of the
municipal building. The current library is in a building 93 years
old. Additional services will be offered in the new space. Nice children's
and young adult area and quiet study place.
Oakland
Contact: Michelle Reutty, Director. 201-337-3742
Renovation of 11,078 square feet and an addition of 11,826 square
feet, totaling 22,904 square feet. Good design merges the one story
addition to existing building, which will move children's services
to the main level with nice design features. Will alleviate crowding
in adult services.
Park Ridge
Contact: Christina Doto, Director. 201-391-5151
Addition of 760 square feet. This project will provide easy access
to meeting rooms and restrooms for the library as well as seating
and display space.
Ridgefield
Contact: Jane Forte, Director. 201-941-0192
A new building of 14,600 square feet will add space for services not
available before. Nice meeting room and staff room.
Tenafly
Contact: Stephen Wechtler, Director. 201-568-8680
Addition (2,172 square feet) and renovation (7,505 square feet) project.
The addition created space for over 20,000 volumes. The renovation
created space for an art gallery and community events.
Waldwick
Contact: Patricia Boyd, Director. 201-652-5104
Renovation of 4,293 square feet and an addition of 2,043 square feet,
totaling 6,336 square feet. The increase of 30% to the building adds
space for services to children and an improved meeting room. Expanded
floor space to house more books and media.
Washington Twp.
Contact: Juliette Sobon, Director. 201-664-4586
Added 3,643 square feet and renovated 8,986 square feet. Added additional
seating, a meeting room and well planned computer space for adults
and children.
Westwood
Contact: Martha Urbiel, Director. 201-664-0583
A renovation of 7,765 square feet. Project created an area for young
adults and nicely planned additional computer space.
Burlington County
Bordentown
Contact: Gail Sweet, Director, Burlington County Library.
609-267-9660
Regina Reay, Branch Manager. 609-298-0622
Branch of Burlington County Library with an addition of 8,438 square
feet and a renovation of 3,150 square feet. A nice expansion of areas
for children's and adult services and materials. Separate computer
room, quiet study, and activities room.
Pemberton
Contact: Gail Sweet, Director, Burlington County Library.
609-267-9660
Nancy Breece, Branch Manager. 609-893-8262
A new building of 19,787 square feet. A state of the art library in
a beautiful natural setting. Good use of technology in well planned
interior.
Willingboro
Contact: Christine King, Director, 609-877-6668
Renovation of a purchased building of 57,520 square feet. The library
will be part of the town center with extensive room for books, computers,
and services.
Camden County
Camden County - So. Reg.
Contact: Linda Devlin, Director. 856-772-1636
Nancy Bennett, Branch Manager. 856-753-2537
A 21,500 square foot new building to serve as a branch of the Camden
County Library System. The new building is state of the art, with
a beautiful children's area, a public meeting room, a computer-training
lab, and a café for customers to enjoy.
Cherry Hill
Contact: Manuel Paredes, Director. 856-667-0300
A 75,410 square foot new building to replace existing 28,000 square
foot facility. Library is well designed for current and future needs
- state of the art with an inviting atmosphere.
Cumberland County
Vineland
Contact: Gloria Urban, Director. 856-794-4244
A 6,180 square foot addition to a renovation of a 24,200 square foot
building, totaling 30,380 square feet. Will allow Vineland to offer
extensive new services in the teen room, community room, and expanded
children's area. Comfortable café.
Essex
Livingston
Contact: Barbara Sikora, Director. 973-992-4600
Proposed addition of 34,578 square feet. All public service areas
will be on one level and the library will be made barrier free with
more room for collections, children and young adults, a meeting room,
café, study rooms, and reading areas. Attractive design with
unique features.
Newark
Contact: Wilma Grey, Acting Director. 973-733-7800
A renovation of 14,700 square feet to redesign lobby/entranceway to
make room for materials and computers. ADA compliant. Window restoration
and replacement. Functional and inviting lobby/entrance design.
West Caldwell
Contact: April Judge, Director. 973-226-5441
An addition of 2,261 square feet and renovation of 11,067 square feet
to construct a meeting room, study rooms, storage, an area for young
adults, nice gallery and state of the art wiring for teleconferencing
and computers.
Gloucester County
Franklin Township
Contact: Denise Saia, Director. 856-694-2833
New building of 12,804 square feet. Designed to be a community center
with inviting atmosphere for activities and reading, listening and
browsing. Attention to young adults in newly designed area.
The Greenwich Branch of the Gloucester
County Library
Contact: Robert Wetherall, Director. 856-223-6010
Patricia Woodruff, Branch Manager. 856-423-0684
A new branch library of 8,826 square feet. Functional, flexible, inviting
building to replace library in a school, which they will have to vacate.
Hunterdon County
Hunterdon
Contact: Mark Titus, Director. 908-788-1444
Renovation of 34,000 square feet and addition of 22,000 square feet,
totaling 56,000 sq. ft. A three-story addition to create more public
space. Project makes the library ADA compliant and creates more space
for children's service, young adults, and AV materials. Enlarges meeting
space and quiet study areas. Administration area in upper level to
be renovated.
Mercer County
Princeton
Contact: Leslie Burger, Director, 609-924-8822 x 253
Will build a new library of 54,907 square feet. State of the art facility
to be the center of learning and the center of the community. This
three-story library will combine the traditional library of books
with rapidly growing digital technology. Doubles current capacity
of existing building.
Middlesex County
Carteret
Contact: Cheryl Smith, Director. 732-541-3830
Renovation (22,454 square feet) and addition (4,734 square feet) to
purchased building. Nicely integrated project with Senior Center.
Total project size of 27,188 square feet.
Edison
Contact: Judy Mansbach, Director, Edison Twp. P.L.
732-287-2298
Margaret Velucci, Branch Manager. 732-738-0096
Clara Barton branch renovation (4,935 square feet) and addition of
1,760 square feet, totaling 6,695 square feet. Nice branch library
with an inviting exterior. Project will create space for extensive
new shelving to house more books and young adult materials.
Middlesex
Contact: May Lein Ho, Director. 732-356-6602
Renovation of 3,300 square feet, and addition of 6,533 square feet.
Creates a new meeting room, more space for children's services and
a technology center.
South Brunswick
Contact: Lorraine Jackson, Director. 732-329-4000
x 280
A renovation of 17,988 square feet, and an addition of 16,472 square
feet. Total project size is 34,460 square feet. Will expand children's
services, adult reading areas, young adult area, computer services
and shelving for materials. Will provide room for storage and further
future expansion in lower level. Functional and attractive design.
Monmouth County
The Eastern Branch of the Monmouth
County Library
Contact: Ken Sheinbaum, Director, Monmouth County Lib. 732-431-7220
Janet Kranis, Branch Librarian. 732-842-5995
Extensive renovation (37,500 square feet) and nice 9,500 square feet
addition. Project will double the size of the children's room and
double the size and number of public computers. Quiet study, young
adult area, coffee bar, casual seating space and state of the art
cabling.
Long Branch
Contact: Ingrid Bruck, Director. 732-222-3900
Long Branch is building an addition of 800 square feet and renovating
the 21,200 square feet of their 1921 Carnegie building. A new children's
reading room will be added and a program room for community meetings.
Middletown
Contact: Susan O'Neal, Director. 732-671-3700
An addition (13,008 square feet) and renovation (26,000 square feet)
project. An attractive facility designed to be service oriented. Expanded
adult services area and reference, a teen area, larger children's
area, quiet study rooms, a computer lab, meeting room, café,
and strong emphasis on technology. Nice design features.
Ocean Township
Contact: Ken Sheinbaum, Director, Monmouth County
Lib. 732-431-7220
Deborah Bagchi, Branch Librarian. 201-531-5092
Renovation and addition to a purchased building for a total project
size of 19,678 square feet. Attractive and inviting. Project creates
meeting rooms, activity rooms, reading room, and young adult and expanded
children's areas. Very functional with nice design features.
Morris County
Chathams
Contact: Diane O'Brien, Director. 973-635-0603
28,780 square foot project. Added 10,200 square feet and renovated
18,580 square feet. Adds a third meeting room, nicely expands children's
area and reference, creates a young adult area. Big increase in collection
space for books. Quiet study. Upgrading of technology throughout.
Chester Borough and Chester Township
Contact: Susan Persak, Director. 908-879-7612
Existing 7,700 square foot building will be renovated and an addition
of 7,500 square feet will provide a total of 15,200 square feet. Project
will create a new nice meeting room, children's room, history room,
young adult room, expanded workspace for staff and more lobby room
for reading and browsing.
East Hanover
Contact: Gayle Carlson, Director. 973-428-3075
Renovation of 2,817 square feet and an addition of 3,727 square feet.
Expanded children's area, added a pleasant activities room, and increased
seating throughout the library.
Florham Park
Contact: Barbara McConville, Director. 973-377-2694
A renovation (5,736 square feet) and addition of 9,245 square feet,
totaling 14,981. Adds a nice meeting room for ninety people, more
room for collections and seating in children's area, a new young adult
area, quiet study room, and periodicals area. ADA compliant.
Kinnelon
Contact: Barbara Owens, Director. 973-838-1321
Renovation of 8,150 square feet and an addition of 10,801 square feet,
totaling 18, 951 in total project size. Quadrupled the size of the
children's area, expanded the young adult area, meeting rooms and
office space for unique adult education program. Increased collection
capacity by 27% and computer area by 80%.
Long Hill
Contact: Mary Martin, Director. 908-647-2088
New library building of 15,175 square feet. Well laid out project
creating room for many services. Good use of quiet study areas. Replaces
a building of 5,000 square feet.
Montville
Contact: Patricia Anderson, Director. 973-402-0900
x223
Renovation of 5,484 square feet. Enlarging nice youth services area,
materials storage, and computer services.
Morris County
Contact: Joanne Kares, Director. 973-285-6934
Renovation of 30,965 square feet, and an addition of 39,015 square
feet, totaling 69,980 square feet in total project size. Project designed
for great expansion of books, reference services, and media. Nice
gallery connection between the renovation and the new addition.
Morristown and Morris Twp.
Contact: Susan Gulick, Director. 973-538-6161
An addition of 13,800 square feet to historic library building. Enlarges
children's area, reallocation of space for other services, nice computer
training room and space for more computers.
Mount Olive
Contact: Rita Hilbert, Director. 973-691-8686
Will vacate a library of 7,850 square feet and build a new building
of 27,700 square feet. Emphasis on technology, quiet study, local
history room, program room for 70, story/craft room for children's
services. Nice design features.
Mountain Lakes
Contact: Margaret Bulfer, Director. 973-334-5095
Renovation of 504 square feet and an addition of 434 square feet.
Project creates nice expansion of the children's services department.
Parsippany
Contact: Jayne Beline, Director. 973-887-5150
Purchased and renovated a 38,000 square foot building and tripled
the parking space. Major nice expansion of the children's area and
creation of a young adult area, and study rooms.
Riverdale
Contact: Abby Sanner, Director. 973-835-5044
Addition of 4,617 square feet to library of 960 square feet and a
renovation of 3,400 square feet resulting in a library of 8,017 square
feet. Expansion of all service areas, especially children's. Art gallery
is a special feature.
Ocean County
Ocean County
Contact: Elaine McConnell, Director. 732-349-6200
x 813
Project size of 112,750 square feet, renovating 54,360 square feet
and adding 58,390 square feet. Distinctive design. Consolidating collections
and services from other buildings. Increases collection capacity,
public seating, computer services, youth services, a nice programming
room, conference and quiet study areas, maintenance and delivery services.
Attractive design which integrates older section with new.
Passaic County
Haledon
Contact: Judith Erk, Director. 973-790-3808
An 8,338 square foot renovation of an historic mill in which the library
and municipal offices is located. Nice increase in space for computers
and children's services.
Hawthorne
Contact: Thomas Frawley, Director. 973-427-5745
An addition of 5,325 square feet. Designed a nice children's wing
and a 325 square foot area for young adults. Wing includes a computer
room for children.
Somerset County
Bridgewater, Somerset County Library
Contact: James Hecht, Director. 908-526-4016
An addition of 7,743 square feet and 43,246 square feet of renovation
in Bridgewater. Well-designed training room. Nice young adult area.
Interior renovations permit space for expansion of collections and
services.
Franklin Township
Contact: January Adams, Director. 732-873-8700
A 34,300 square foot project with an addition of 16,014 square feet
and a renovation of 18,286 square feet. Very functional with room
for future expansion. Nice media room.
Hillsborough
Contact: James Hecht, Director, Somerset County Lib.
908-526-4016
Virginia Parks, Branch Director. 908-369-2200
Renovation of 4,500 square feet and addition of 9,100 square feet
totaling 13,600 square feet. Adding a program room for children, expanding
the children's area, separate area for young adults, staff space and
storage. Increased adult services area.
Rocky Hill
Contact: James Hecht, Director, Somerset County Lib.
908-526-4016
Helen Morris, Branch Director. 609-924-7073
Mary Jacobs library is a branch of the Somerset County Library. Adding
a two-story addition of 10,865 square feet and renovating 9,709 square
feet. Enlarged children's and young adult area, capacity for books
expanded, more computers, more meeting space, staff space, and ADA
compliancy.
Warren Township
Contact: James Hecht, Director, Somerset County Lib.
908-526-4016
Elaine Whiting, Branch Director. 908-754-5554
Renovation of 4,666 square feet and adding 9,528 square feet, totaling
14,190 square feet, nicely expanding children's services and adult
areas and enlarging the meeting room.
Sussex County
Wantage, branch of the county library
system.
Contact: Stan Pollakoff, Director, Sussex County Lib. 973-948-3660
Nancy Helmer, Branch Librarian. 973-875-3940
New building of 12,400 square feet. Meeting room seats for 214 people,
quiet study room, increasing collection space. Attractive design.
Replaces previous building, which was built in 1833.
Union County
Cranford
Contact: John Malar, Director. 908-709-7272
Renovating 14,008 square feet and adding 5,400 square feet. Nice expansion
of the children's area and second floor expansion area. ADA compliancy.
Upgraded technology.
New Providence
Contact: James Keehbler, Director. 908-665-0311
3,628 square feet addition and renovation of 10,280 square feet. Adding
meeting room, staff lounge, storage, restrooms, adult seating and
collection space. Well-designed flexible facility with room for future
growth.
Plainfield
Contact: Joseph Hugh DaRold, Director. 908-757-1111
Renovation of 6,586 square feet. Includes functional climate-controlled
room for local history, adult literacy space, computer lab, book browsing
areas, and offices
Rahway
Contact: Gail Miller, Director. 732-340-1551
New building of 55,725 square feet with large meeting room, quiet
study, young adult area, study and reading spaces, café, and
technology learning center. Children's area nicely laid out. Emphasis
on technology throughout building.
Union
Contact: Laurie Sansone, Director. 908-851-5450
Renovation of 650 square feet and addition of 1,202 square feet.
Creates a nice meeting room and places children's services out
of the basement and into the upper level.
Warren County
Phillipsburg
Contact: Patricia Lawson, Director. 908-454-3712
Renovation of 5,370 square feet and addition of 6,150 square feet.
Good public service area design. Doubled the children's room, doubled
library shelving and collection space, tripled reader seats. Added
room for more computers. New story room and story room lobby. |
